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A Calgary man charged with the murder of a Saskatchewan man was denied bail in Calgary provincial court Feb. 10. Fayiah Victor Braima, 23, was arrested Feb.

Sarah Jancke and Ipeelie Ootoova of Cambridge Bay, in collaboration with the Dead North Film Festival, have produced a horror film called Nakimayuq.

A Loon Lake man charged with numerous child luring offences remains in custody after appearing in Saskatoon provincial court Jan. 23.

Warning: Some may find the images and details in this story disturbing. A jury found Cory Smockum, 38, guilty of attempted murder on Feb. 8 after a five-day trial in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench.

Valter Botelho-Resendes, owner of Aaliak Consulting, in collaboration with the Department of Healthy Living in Cambridge Bay put on a workshop that ran from Feb. 17 to 21.

A woman charged with assaulting an RCMP officer and numerous weapons offences has been released from custody. Jolene Nicole Sinclair, 35, was granted bail Feb.12 in Meadow Lake Provincial Court.

Another inmate has died at Saskatchewan Penitentiary. On March 9, Curtis McKenzie died while in custody.

After being incarcerated in the maximum Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert since June 2012, Christopher (Chris) Andrew Van Camp was finally released on parole April 24, 2017. Van Camp left Saskatchewan, returning home to Calgary.

The Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organization runs a Country Food Program that is administered by the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Economic Development and Transportation.

A Cambridge Bay elder and hunter is warning travellers of open water at Kingayok, at the southeast corner of Victoria Island.